Title: X-ray Microscopy and its Applications to the Puzzle Pieces of Our Energy Outlook

Time: 10:30, August 9, 2016

Place: Meeting room in No.12 Experimental Hall

Speaker: Dr.LIU Yijin

Abstract:

In geoscience, it usually requires a suite of analytical tools that are capable of providing complementary the studies of complex heterogeneous systems, e.g. the researches in functional materials and information about material properties at different length scales. More importantly, it is critical to establish the knowledge of the relationship between the macroscopic material behavior/property and the microscopic morphology/chemistry. This is because the overall material behaviors are believed to be the ramifications of the microscopic structure and chemical properties at fine length scales. However, the complexity in the heterogeneity that exists across a wide range of scales makes it challenging to establish a simple interpretation of the macroscopic properties using the findings at fine length scales.

In this talk, the efforts to establish multiple-length-scale X-ray microscopy platform at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource will be presented. The strength of correlative multiple-length-scale X-ray microscopy will also be demonstrated by presenting a few systematic studies in the fields of energy related research. The scientific cases to be presented serve as good examples to show the link between the macroscopic behavior and the microscopic properties at multiple-length-scales.